Improvement in combined line-holders and wardrobe-hooks



. UNITED STATES CURTIS GODDARD, OF ALLIANCE, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED LINE-HOLDERS AND WARDROBE-HOOKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 118,361, dated August 22, 1871.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CURTIS GODDARD, of Alliance, in the countr of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain Improvements in Line- Holders and Wardrobe-Hooks, of which the following is a specification:

My invention relates to the combination of a line-holder and Wardrobe-hooks, as and for the purpose hereinafter described.

Figure l is a side elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan of the bed-plate of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the bed-plate. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the pivoted lei fver and Wardrobe-hook.

Ais the bed-plate with aperture D C C, in which is inserted the vibrating lever B. Said lever has upon each side, at E, a short journal, Which may be passed into the openin g D, then forward and upward into the bearings O O. The journals are kept in their proper places by the part M of the lever B coming in contact with the surface on which the bed-plate is fastened. The vibrating lever B is so constructed in connection with the plate A that by placing the cord or line in the aperture H, then dra-Wing it into the Wedge-shaped aperture I, then through the opening J, the line will be pressed and held firmly at H. The parts K K of the vibrating` lever B are intended for and made of suitable shape and construction to be used as Wardrobe-hooks.

I claim as my invention- The combined line-holder and Wardrobe-hook, consisting of the socketed bed-plate A and the journaled vibrating hook B, With the aperture H and the inclined surface I for holding the line, all east in two parts, as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

CURTIS GODDARD.

Witnesses WILLIAM F. HART, WILLIAM C. PIPPITT. 

